BEST Undertaking, Mumbai — Route AS1

AS1, the BEST AC service between Cadbury Junction and Backbay Reclamation has only one service in the evening (rest are in the mornings) at 5.25 pm but catching it is a gamble for the following reasons: 1. It often arrives apparently from Mulund Depot, takes a U-turn at CadburyJunction but does not halt unless the passenger leaves the footpath and waves it down. 2. It arrives and leaves (regardless of whether it stops or not) earlier than the scheduled time. 3. It is sometimes hard to spot the bus because several others, including 700, stop there blocking the view. This is the usual practice. There are risks to the passenger forced to stand on the road especially where several bus routes have their stop. My wife missed the bus today, July 15, 2015 for these reasons. She had to rush to the Thane station and take a train. Action is called for by way of counselling the bus crew.